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PARISH MISSION STATEMENT:

Saint Monica is a welcoming

Catholic faith community.

Proclaiming the power of

the Word of God, we join together

in the celebration of the

Eucharist and all Sacraments.

We aim to follow Jesus Christ:

To Serve as He Served +

To Live as He Lived + To Love as He Loved

St. Monica Parish | 5136 N. Nottingham Ave, Chicago, IL 60656 | 773.763.1661 | stmonicachicago.com

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT — MARCH 29, 2020

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WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Monday—Friday at 8:30 a.m.

Mon, Tues, Wed & Friday—6:00 p.m.

Thursday—7:00 p.m. in Polish

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Sat 4:00 p.m.—English | 6:00 p.m.—Polish

Sun 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. | Polish at 12:30 p.m.

ROSARY AND DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET Prayed weekdays before the 8:30 a.m. Mass

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m.

TO SERVE AS HE SERVED + TO LIVE AS HE LIVED + TO LOVE AS HE LOVED

SACRAMENTS

Anointing of the Sick

The special grace of this Sacrament offers the Lord’s

healing strength, peace and courage to anyone who is

seriously or chronically ill, hospitalized or about to undergo

surgery. Please contact the Parish Office if you wish to

have someone anointed.

Baptism

The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated twice a month:

the first and third Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m. (some

exceptions due to Holy Days and liturgical celebrations).

Please call the Parish Office to register for the program

and to set a date for the Baptism.

Marriage

Archdiocese of Chicago guidelines for marriage

preparation ask that a minimum of six months be set aside for

preparation for marriage. No firm date for a wedding will be

set until the conclusion of the couple’s first meeting with

the parish minister. At least one of the engaged persons

(or their parents) must be a registered and active parishioner

of St. Monica. No Sunday weddings are scheduled.

Ministry to the Sick/Homebound

If you or a family member are in a local hospital or are

homebound and would like to have a visit from a priest,

please call the Parish Office to make arrangements.

Ministers of Care are also available to bring Communion to

those who are confined at home and are unable to

attend Mass, either temporarily or on a continual basis.

Please call the Parish Office to schedule a visit.

Reconciliation (Confession)

Monday — Friday before the morning Mass (please ask for

a priest in the sacristy)., Saturday from 3:00 to 3:50 p.m.

Individual confessions available by appointment.

PARISH STAFF

Rev. Greg Lorens , Pastor

[email protected]

Rev. Thomas Campana, Associate Pastor

[email protected] | ext 112

Rev. William Holbrook, Resident Priest

Mr. Ed Podgorski , Deacon

[email protected]

Mr. Patrick Brenner, Deacon

[email protected]

Mr. Kamil Duda, Director of Music, Bulletin Editor, Scheduling


Mr. Patrick Schultz, Operations Director


Mrs. Gwenn Suvada, Business Office Coordinator


Ms. Margarita Enriquez, Coordinator of Religious Education


Mrs. Joanna Szepiotko, Parish Secretary

[email protected] | ext. 110

Parish Fax: (773) 763 - 4917

Mr. Geoff Wilson, Maintenance Supervisor

[email protected]

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday - 9:15am to 7:30pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - 9:15am to 5:15pm

Saturday—Closed

Sunday—Closed

SCHOOL

Mr. Raymond Coleman, School Principal

[email protected]

Mrs. Darlene Connelly, School Secretary


ST. MONICA PARISH Rev. Greg Lorens, Pastor

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OFFICE 5136 N NOTTINGHAM AVE

(773) 763—1661

SCHOOL 5115 N MONT CLARE AVE

(773) 631—7880

RECTORY 5125 N MONT CLARE AVE

CHICAGO, IL 60656

US Army

Eric Ambriz

James Ambriz

Kurt Beyer

Tom Bobek

Daniel Clark

Michael G. Dobija

Justin Elazegui

Walter Fernandez

Robert Gullett

Andrew Kupinski

Jesus O. Lebron

Conner Mahoney

Jack Maksymec

Erik Malenock

Andrew Perez

Julio Rios

Michael Rivera

Andrew Thomas

Christopher Walsh

Michael Zadlo

US Army Reserve

Jason Adamczyk

Roman Gronke

Keith Maslon

US Coast Guard

Christine Ambriz

US Air Force

Michael Brimie

Zachary Muldoon

Matt Olken

Michael Rice

Anthony Villalpando

Laurel Walsh

Kevin Valdez

Harlee Piszczek

US Marines

Vincent Bertucci

Gage Cygnar

Lukas Czynczyk

Dominic Davila

Caitlen Ferrarell

Benjamin Juhasz

Mathew Lynn

Steven Meyer

Kevin Rasmussen

Christopher Ryan

US Navy

Jeremy Bloom

Justin Chovanec

Daniel Jarosz

Clay Presny

Riley Schoen

Steven Stancy

Richard Whitman

Nick Whitman

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE

Arnott Family

Mary Allegretti

Herb Bass

Sharon Bass

William Bary

Judy Biala

Dorothy Brennan

Louise Bruno

Jo Buscemi

Mary A. Constantini

Joanna Duda

Eugene Dunaj

Dennis D’Amato

Irena Dudek

Veronica Dorado

Mary Lu Forte

Richard Gonsiorek

Monica Gathman

Roberta Gols

Bogumiła Jedut

Dorothy Madaj

Ruth Miner

Matt O’Callaghan

Cathy O’Hara

Beverly M. Millonzi

Dcn. Ed Podgorski

Augie Sansone

Tim Sheehan

Bernadette Schmidt

Steve Skubski

Denise Slaski

Józefa Sroka

Helen Strzalka

Laura Wysocki

Barry Womack

SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN NEED

MONDAY, March 30, 2020

8:30 A.M.— Ted & Bessie O’Donnell

Lorraine Ciosek

Sabina McNeela

6:00 P.M. — Mass

TUESDAY, March 31, 2020

8:30 A.M. — Esther Belluomini

6:00 P.M. — Mass

WEDNESDAY, April 1, 2020

8:30 A.M. — People of St. Monica Parish

6:00 P.M. — Mass

THURSDAY, April 2, 2020

8:30 A.M. — Payoon Koshari - Birthday Bless.

Michael Socki

Dr William Frett - 8th Death Anniv.

7:00 P.M. — Ludwika Dobrydowska

Andrzej Strus

FRIDAY, April 3, 2020

8:30 A.M. — Robert Schmidt

Anna Partipilo

6:00 P.M. — Amor Garcia

SATURDAY, April 4, 2020

4:00 P.M. — Charlos Marotta

Joseph & Anne Gniadek

Ester Vanucci

Manuel Garcia

6:00 P.M. — Mass in Polish

SUNDAY, April 5, 2020

7:30 A.M. — Elizabeth Kapelak

9:00 A.M. — Giuseppe Gianfortone

Ruth Panek

11:00 A.M. — William O’Connor

12:30 P.M. — Boże bł. dla Sabiny

Tekla Potaczek

ST. MONICA PARISH | MARCH 29 | 2

MASSES FOR THE WEEK

DAILY MASS IS

LIVESTREAMED ON

PARISH FACEBOOK & WEBSITE!

WEEKDAYS - 6:00 PM

SUNDAY - 12:00 PM

WWW.STMONICACHICAGO.COM

DAILY MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED

IN PRIVATE BY FR. GREG AND FR. TOM

FOR FOLLIWNG INTENTIONS:

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On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, just before we

begin to enter Holy Week, we are

summoned to Bethany. If we had been

friends of Mary, Lazarus, and Martha,

and found out that Lazarus was gravely ill,

we probably would have dropped

everything to be with them. This was what

was so surprising about the behavior of

Jesus. Although he was their close friend,

he chose to stay away, that God’s glory

would be manifested. This is a persistent

theme in John’s Gospel. Right to the very

end, Jesus’ works were meant to give glory

to the Father. As our Lenten journey reaches

a crescendo, let us be mindful that, as

people who have “put on Christ” in

baptism, we are also called, by our

attitudes and actions, to give glory to God.

“Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and he never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and Savior?” Boldly answering the official who demanded he worship pagan gods, Polycarp, today’s “Senior Citizen Saint,” demonstrates that courage, far from being the preserve of the young, is a virtue cultivated through lifelong fidelity and crowned by final perseverance. A disciple of Saint John, who is said to have consecrated him bishop of Smyrna in modern-day Turkey, Polycarp witnesses to the truth that, whatever time and space may separate us, Jesus’ gift of the Eucharist unites us. Polycarp’s final words, preserved by the Church of Smyrna, sound likea Eucharistic Prayer in which the saint offers himself: “Lord, almighty God, Father of your beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ, through whom we have come to the knowledge of yourself . . . may I be received among the martyrs as a rich and pleasing sacrifice . . . through the eternal priest of heaven, Jesus Christ . . . through him be glory to you, together with him and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.”

ST. POLYCARP FEBRUARY 23

GIVE GLORY TO

GOD

As we approach Holy Week, our

readings speak of a God who, in the midst

of death, brings new life to the people.

In Ezekiel, we hear that God will open

the graves of the people of Israel, who

faced near extinction. In the Gospel of

John, Jesus gives new life to Lazarus in a

manner that prefigures the resurrection of

Jesus. Paul tells the Romans that in Christ,

God will not only give life to our bodies after

death, but God offers us abundant life here

and now. We observe that the external

conditions for the people described in

these readings did not radically change.

Israel was still in exile. Lazarus would

eventually face death again. But now

God’s presence and power are revealed.

Even when our situation in life is difficult and

perhaps not likely to change soon, we

remember that the Spirit dwells within us.

EZEKIEL’S COUNTER-STORY

It is difficult to overstate the bleak

situation faced by the people of Israel

described in today’s reading from Ezekiel.

Babylon had invaded Jerusalem, killed

many of its inhabitants, and destroyed

the temple. Some of them were forced into

exile in Babylon. Their captors

and neighbors likely concluded that

the Babylonian deity had pummeled

the Hebrew deity into submission. Israel’s

God was as good as dead, and the people

of Israel as well.

In the midst of this catastrophe,

Ezekiel announces a counter-story.

The narrative of God’s death is false. Israel’s

God is alive, and God’s own breath will

restore their life. They will be lifted out of t

he grave of their grief and despair,

and be returned to their land. Ezekiel’s

message speaks to all of us who know of

profound disorientation, of separation

from loved ones,

and of deep loss.

God will bear our

u n b e a r a b l e

sor row, and

God’s spirit will

offer new life

and hope.

RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

Today’s Gospel tells us of the raising

of Lazarus. In Jesus’ exchange with Lazarus’

sister Martha, she refers to the general

resurrection of the dead on “the last day.”

Jesus then shifts the perspective by

identifying himself as “the resurrection and

the life.” What does this mean? Jesus earlier

had spoken of the hour “when the dead will

hear the voice of the Son of God,

and those who hear will live” (John 5:25).

When Jesus cries out in a loud voice—

“Lazarus, come out!”—Jesus fulfills that role

in the present, offering resurrection and life

here and now, in a new relationship with

him.

Resurrection is offered not only on the

last day, and not only at our physical death,

but in the mix of our present daily lives.

Sometimes we are buried in tombs of

suffering or of entrapment in sin. When we

encounter death in its many forms, in faith

we can hear Jesus, who summons us out of

death and into life.


FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT LAZARUS,

COME

OUT!

REGISTER TODAY FOR THE UPCOMING

2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

MONTHLY COLLECTIONS SCHEDULE

FEB

RU

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March, 1 Regular Sunday

Collection

Church in

Eastern Europe

March, 8 Regular Col.

& School Supp.

Facility

Maintenance


Collection School Support


Collection ——————-


Collection ——————-

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YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. GOD BLESS YOU!

SUNDAY COLLECTION

MARCH 8TH SUNDAY MASSES

ENVELOPES (Registered Parishioners) $ 6,125.96

LOOSE (Visiting/ Unregistered Parishioners) $ 1,919.00

SUNDAY MASSES TOTAL $ 8,048.96

Electronic Giving (online) $ 1,745.00

Mailed Envelopes $ 550.00

Children's Envelopes $ 4.00

Grand Total This Week $ 10,343.96

St. Monica Academy $ N/A

Facility Maintenance Fund $ 2,199.50

Easter Flowers $ 431.00

Solemnity of Mary $ N/A

Church in Eastern Europe $ 137.00

Ash Wednesday $ 56.00

Initial Offering $ N/A

Weekly Difference ($ 9,200.00 Budgeted) $ + 1,143.96

Year-to-Date Difference $ - 6,049.36

Actual Weekly Collection-to-Date $ 325,150.64

Year-to-Date Goal $ 331,200.00


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